Babel

by R.F. Kuang

English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.

Robin found it was actually quite easy to put up with any degree of social unrest, as long as one got used to looking away.